Introducing PBI, Party Brand Index (Updated)
I have been working on (with some much appreciated help from pl515) a concept I'm calling PBI or Party Brand Index, as a replacement for PVI. PVI (Partisan Voting Index), which is measured by...
View ArticleParty Brand Index (part 2) Colorado and Virginia (updated)
I have been working on (with some much appreciated help from pl515) a concept I'm calling PBI or Party Brand Index, as a replacement for PVI. PVI (Partisan Voting Index), which is measured by...
View ArticleParty Brand Index (part 3) North Carolina
I have been working on a concept I'm calling PBI or Party Brand Index, as a replacement for PVI. PVI (Partisan Voting Index), which is measured by averaging voting percentage from the last two...
View ArticlePBI (part 4) MO, AR, OK
Continuing on with a concept I developed called PBI or Party Brand Index (with some much appreciated help from pl515) as a replacement for PVI. PVI (Partisan Voting Index), which is measured by...
View ArticlePBI (Party Brand Index) Part 5 Nevada and Iowa
PBI or Party Brand Index is a concept I developed (with some much appreciated help from pl515) as a replacement for PVI. PVI (Partisan Voting Index), which is measured by averaging the percentage of...
View ArticlePBI (Party Brand Index) Part 6 WV and NH
PBI or Party Brand Index is a concept I developed (with some much appreciated help from pl515) as a replacement for PVI. PVI (Partisan Voting Index), which is measured by averaging the percentage of...
View ArticleWe can do badly all by ourselves!
We can do badly all by ourselves! Honestly do our dear Democratic and so called liberal pundits not understand that? Honestly I wonder why they think we worked and fought this hard for such large...
View ArticleWhy I created Black Kos, and why it's needed.
As a long term member of this site, I respect the rules that Markos has established, and I will not call out another diarist. But I do believe that a response is needed to this diary: White Kos....
View ArticlePBI (Party Brand Index) Part 7 Ohio
PBI or Party Brand Index is a concept I developed (with some much appreciated help from pl515) as a replacement for PVI. PVI (Partisan Voting Index), which is measured by averaging the percentage of...
View ArticlePBI (Party Brand Index) Part 8 Florida
PBI or Party Brand Index is a concept I developed (with some much appreciated help from pl515) as a replacement for PVI. PVI (Partisan Voting Index), which is measured by averaging the percentage of...
View ArticlePBI (Party Brand Index) Part 9 Arizona
PBI or Party Brand Index is a concept I developed (with some much appreciated help from pl515) as a replacement for PVI. PVI (Partisan Voting Index), which is measured by averaging the percentage of...
View ArticleProgressives welcome, kings of drama please exit
I'm not one to normally rant or write rant diaries but here goes. I haven't liked a lot of what I have seen on Daily Kos lately. See I always preferred the descriptor Progressive as opposed to Liberal....
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Getting Progressive legislation in the Senate (Blue Dog style)
One of the most anguishing things I have recently seen is that most progressive activist and lawmakers still don't get how to pass major initiatives. The most glaring problem is a misunderstanding on...
View ArticleWhat? Comparing the 1st lady to a chimp isn't funny? CEO of Tenn hospitality...
Most of us would assume that being the CEO of a hospitality association would mean one would have a talent for showing hospitality, or at the very least some knowledge of PR. The CEO of such an...
View ArticleHey conservatives if rap & rock "poison" the mind, why can't talk radio?
In the interest of full disclosure I don't believe Rock, Rap, or Hollywood makes otherwise peaceful people do violent things, but hasn't the conservative movement for years championed this meme?Last...
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Arizona: yes to boycotts & lawsuits, but registering voters is the key.
Arizona's draconian immigration law is rightly being castigated, but this bill needs a three legged attack strategy. It's mostly being attacked on only two fronts, boycotts and lawsuits. The last leg...
View ArticleHaitian Fundraiser Reminder
Not really a diary just a reminder, Black Kos will be posting a Haitian Eathquake Fundraiser today at 12:00 Noon on the 6th anniversary of the disaster. It will be under Black Kos and not my handle. We...
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30 years of right-wing violence in pictures
As not wanting to be accused of exploiting the tragedy in Arizona I decided to wait a little while before I published this diary. Many people have been justifiably outraged at the traditional media's...
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DEFUNDING Conservatism Part 1
I've been batting this diary around for along time. The way I see it those of us on the left have been playing short term defense for too long, because too many of us fail to understand the long term...
View ArticleDEFUNDING Conservatism Part 2
In DEFUNDING Conservatism Part 1 I explored the grand idea connecting attacks from the political right on progressive institutions. While many on the left correctly call attacks on public sector unions...
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